Posted: August 16, 2017 | Updated: August 17, 2017
The Euclid Art Association Summer Fine Art Show, an exhibition where members showcase their artworks, is being held now through Sept. 8, 2017, in The Gallery at Lakeland. The gallery is located on the first floor of the D-Building on Lakeland’s main campus, at 7700 Clocktower Dr., Kirtland, Ohio, 44094. All shows are free and open to the public.
This year, 37 members of the Euclid Art Association are displaying pieces in the exhibit. There are 90 works included, representing mediums such as water color, acrylic and oil painting, wood sculpture, mixed media, photography, graphic art, pastel and computer graphics. Eddie Mitchell, who teaches life drawing classes at the college, garnered three awards, including Best in Show.
Many of the works are available for purchase.
BEST IN SHOW:
Eddie Mitchell: “A Fabulous Finale 1”
WATERCOLOR
First Place: Char D’Errico: “Musette”
Second Place: Char D’Errico: “Trees in the Mist”
Third Place: Mary Page Williams: Body of work “Conchita, Provence, Jacob”
Honorable Mention: Diane Rogazione: “Ohio Winter”
OIL and ACRYLIC PAINTING
First Place: Dorothy Geisert: “A Flowing Rivulet”
Second Place: Eddie Mitchell: “A Fabulous Finale 2”
Honorable Mention: Tom Evert: “Irish Cultural Garden”
GRAPHIC ART and PASTEL
First Place: Eddie Mitchell: “Rachel Portrait”
Second Place: Jennifer Theil: “Brianna”
MIXED MEDIA
First Place: Barb Everett: “On Mont Royale”
Second Place: Harry Pierson: “Trees of Wisdom”
PHOTOGRAPHY/ COMPUTER GRAPHICS
First Place: Lee Peters: “Asymmetrical Symmetry # 2”
Second Place: Mary Alice Valvoda: “Winter Thaw”
SCULPTURE
Honorable Mention: Tom Evert: “Spiralina”
About the Euclid Art Association
The Euclid Art Association started in 1958 with only a handful of members. The organization has grown to over 80 artists and art-lovers from all over Northeast Ohio. Each month, member artists or guest artists meet to demonstrate one of the many varied techniques in the field of the fine arts. The club’s gallery and offices are located on the second floor of the former North Street School, 2119 North Street, Euclid. For more information, visit euclidart.com.
About the gallery
The Gallery at Lakeland presents seven art exhibitions each year, in addition to an annual Holiday Artists’ Market which benefits the Lakeland Visual Arts Student Exhibition. These exhibitions support and advance recognition of Lakeland’s fine arts academic programs; diversity efforts at the college; community arts groups; local, regional and national artists; as well as local high school all-star artists.
For more information about the show, tours or the gallery, contact Mary Urbas, gallery coordinator at murbas@lakelandcc.edu or call 440.525.7029.
Gallery Hours:
Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Weekends, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
By: Colleen Marble, Marketing Communications Spcls